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Torino boss Walter Mazzarri angry with referee over Nicolas Nkulou’s red card

Torino manager Walter Mazzarri has expressed his displeasure with the referee's decision to send Nicolas Nkoulou off against SPAL.

The 28-year-old was shown two yellow cards in their 0-0 draw with SPAL in Sunday’s Italian Serie A game, thus, sent off for the first time since his arrival to Italy in 2017.

And his gaffer has criticised the action of referee Maurizio Mariani on his decisions in the encounter.

“I would’ve liked to play this game 11 against 11 to the end,” Mazzarri told DAZN.

“This was played in a passionate atmosphere with fiery fans.